Paper vessel



(No Model.)

A. R. TIFFANY.

PAPER VESSEL.

Patented June 26, 1883.:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LBERT R. TIFFANY, or DAYTON, OHIO.

PAPER VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,992, dated June 26,1883.

Application filed November 20, 188-2. (No model.)

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a paper vessel formed by folding a piece ofsquare paper in such manner that a flap is turned down on all sides,thus stiffening the edges of the vessel, and the same may be furtherstiffened by placing a small wire immediately beneath the said flaps andsecuring the same by gluing or otherwise.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 represents a square sheet of paper, on which are shown thefolding-lines. Fig. 2 is a side View of the paper vessel.

A represents a square sheet of paper, the lines on which represent theedges of the several folds, and the dotted lines represent the 7 partsas folded together. The parts 6 e are folded at their center, likewisethe parts 9 9. These are foldedback, as indicated by the dotted lines,and over which is folded the flap S, and the folds are then secured by aclasp of wire, as shownat Fig. 2. The other half is folded in the samemanner. On the other sides the flaps S are folded against-the sides,either on the outside or inside. The wire handle passes through theseflaps, and'the sides and the hooked ends secure said flaps. Papervessels are made folded, as described, with the exception that thefolding has a different relation to the outline of the sheet. Thereforetwo of the sides are not protected by a turn-down flap. To make the topof the vessel stiffer, when that condition is desirable, I place a pieceof wire, E, square in form, beneath the flaps, turn the flaps down overthe, same, and secure them to the sides by clasps, glue, or other means.Having fully described my invention, what'I desire to secure by LettersPatent is- 1. The blank for a paper box, substantially as described,provided with the creases, forming bottom and side portions and foldportions 6 e and g g, abutting against the sides of the blank and flapportions S at the corners of the blank, whereby the blank is folded andflaps S are formed for each side of the vessel.

2. A paper box formed from a single blank, and consisting of the bottom,the sides, the folded portions 0 e and g g, the wire E, and

the strengthening-flaps S S, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. 1

ALBERT R. TIFFANY.

\Vitnesses:

B. PIOKERING, H. L. GILLETTE.

